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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1915
Page
8
Insurance ad touts efficient service and prompt loss adjustment from strong companies. Policies claimed to cost no more with call to join at phone three four five.
A mix of small ads and notices from Athens columns advertise mileage coupons with cash ads, loan and savings offers from The Athens Savings Bank, rentals for several houses, and farm notes on cotton. Individual items include lost pins, horses for sale, a swap offer on a New Pope Twin motorcycle, and an opening for an experienced stenographer at Hodgson Cotton Company.
The autumn brings sociability amid floodwaters as cornhuskings baptizings and Baptist camp meetings gather mountain folk. Traders, moonshiners, and armed horsemen converge for the event while services often linger long after burials, sometimes for years, with widows beside new partners.
O W Herfert, driver of the San Bernardino mountain stage line, reports nightly sightings of a ghostly coach called the 49 days. He claims the phantom sometimes tears down steep grades at fearsome speed then vanishes as it appears, and he heard many shots on the first sighting. Old timers hint the vision may stem from preparations to endure the severe mountain cold.
Medical authorities warn colds are contagious and schools bar children with colds in some cities. Spring weather brings more colds and coughs. The quick, safe relief offered is Foley's Honey and Tar Compound from H. R. Palmer & Sons.
The sophomores and freshmen of the agricultural college plan a 3:30 p.m. match at Sanford Field likely to last until darkness. Prof. Sanford has reportedly consented to the game on the field if the players agree to replace any displaced parts of the lot.
Charles A. Lloyd of Marion Indiana files for divorce from Carrie A. Lloyd alleging extreme jealousy. He says she followed him to factories to harass him prompting him to change jobs and once watched from a knothole in a fence exposing herself to the weather until she became ill.
Richard Durnton, thirteen, crept up on Mrs Leary and struck her with a club in Hammond Indiana. He robbed Delia Hartke and several children then held up others at a skating rink. He confessed numerous robberies and said he trained to outdo movie actors. John Bowman, Sing Sing tailor, removed after customers complained of misfits.
The State Summer School at the University chap el offers a diverse program with moving picture lectures by Dr. Soule, stage pieces by the Sea Short Players, a Metropolitan Grand Quartette concert, world travel lectures, and a July Fourth ovation. Weeks two to four feature lectures by notable speakers, musical recitals, and plays, culminating in a large private forestry and education program.
Deputy revenue collectors brought Tom Still before U S Commissioner Cornett on a still charge. A still could not be proven his ownership while a thousand gallons of beer were found during a still hunt for the revenuers. The judge bound Still over to federal court in a two hundred dollar bond.
A fragmented dialect poem by R W Coker portrays a Black lover’s plea after an argument. He vows devotion and plans for a future together though weighed down by despair and social pressures. The speaker hints at suicide if reconciliation fails, ending with a final plea to see his beloved tonight.
The annual meeting of policyholders of Southern Mutual Insurance Company will be held on Tuesday June 1 1915 at 11 a m in the company office in Athens Georgia. A E Griffith secretary.
Hand painted china gold band dinnerware in open stock and a great variety. Brown etched glassware including ice tea glasses tumblers cocktails sherbets champagnes wines punch cups goblets clarets sherries finger bowls. Cut glass offered at 25 percent under other dealers.
Marguerite Clark stars as Jean Wenshaw in The Cru cible. Reared by a strict father, Jean’s family scorns her after his death and she endures misjudgment, reform school, and eventual redemption, with Clark's performance praised as faithful and natural.
The fragment recalls ancient games at Delphi and Olympia and imagines a Tech and Georgia baseball clash. It shifts to modern life with fresh market specials, cold remedies, and reflections on friendship, memory, and laughter in a homespun newspaper style.
Teachers completing three summers at the State Summer School may earn a professional diploma. The diploma is issued by the University Summer School under the State Board authority after passing required courses.
A docket was opened yesterday by patrol officers against Dr. Bruce charging him under section three seventeen of the city code prohibiting certain conduct.
A reader letters touts Grape-Nuts as a powerful appetite aid and digestive help. A Tennessee grandmother notes the product strengthens a weak stomach and boosts dinner hunger after a breakfast of Grape-Nuts with milk. A grandson with stomach trouble improves after using the cereal. The ad copy ends with brand and publication notes by Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
Sand provides the best surface to expose infested garments or bedding to sunlit heat. If the sand reaches 120 degrees, fleas die within an hour, as long as no vegetation or shade lets them shelter.
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